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Re: [Roadsters] OT: Spelling

To: AffordPlbg@aol.com, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] OT: Spelling
From: Charles Kyle <chuckkyle@mac.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:51:00 -0500
That's okay Nancy.  The shop where I take the Datsun for repair, if I am not
doing it my self, has a big sign out front that reads, Mac's Automotive - We
specialize in foriegn cars

Chuck


On 7/24/08 1:09 AM, "AffordPlbg@aol.com" <AffordPlbg@aol.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>  
> This is Nancy, Gary Wasserman's wife. I usually have no interest in  anything
> written on this list.  Tonight, however, Gary called me  in and said, "Honey,
> there's something here I think you'll want to read."   Well, I've read every
> response and haven't stopped smiling yet!
>  
> My father's nickname is "The Chief of the Grammar Police" and I am my
> father's daughter!  Misspelled words jump out at me when I'm reading
> anything.  I 
> can't enjoy a nice restaurant meal without finding typos on  the menu.  I want
> to take photos of store signs that have misspellings,  because I think they're
> so ridiculous.
>  
> Gary and I recently hired a tile installer to do some work at our  house.  He
> gave me several contracts to read and sign, and I found many  mistakes on
> each one.  Of course, I had to point them out to him!   Even his newly printed
> business card had the word "buisness" on it, and although  he said he asked
> many 
> people to proof it, nobody caught it.  How can this  be?
>  
> Besides "its" versus "it's," I think my biggest pet peeve is the misuse of
> the word I.  Yes, we all learn in school that one does not say, "Me and  Gary
> went to the park," but rather "Gary and I went to the park."  Unless  the "I"
> is part of the object, however, the use of the word "me" is usually  correct.
> "She went to the park with Gary and I" is not right.  The  way one checks is
> to take away the other person.  You wouldn't say, "She  went to the park with
> I," but rather, "She went to the park with me."  So,  the correct sentence is,
> "She went to the park with Gary and me."
>  
> Okay, I'm through boring you.  I just thought I'd put in my two  cents.
> Thanks for talking about something besides Datsun Roadsters for a  change.
>  
> Nancy Person (Yes, I am a teacher)
> 
> 
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